Retaining and supporting frame for wall-molds.



PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

R. DEEDS.

RETAINING AND SUPPORTING FRAME FOR WALL MOLDS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25,1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT I OFFICE.

RETAINING AND SUPPORTING FRAME FOR WALL-MOLDS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1 907.

Application filed June 25,1906. Serial No. 323,247.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, REED DEEDS, acitizen of the United States, residing at Ouyahoga Falls, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Retaining and. Supporting Frames for Wall-.Molds, of which the followingvjs a specification.

y invention relates to retaining and supporting frames for wall-molds.

. More'particularly, my invention belongs to that class of transferable skeleton membered structures adapted to retain a suitable removable mold or system of molds rigidly in place during the filling of the molds and the setting of the plastic material in them, such structures being arranged to permit the raising of the molds and to afford convenient and adequate support for hoisting devices by which the moldsare freed from the molded portions of the wall and elevated or transferred to new positions for the purpose of continuing the molding operation.

The-object of my invention is the production of apparatus of the nature stated, having special and particular formation of individual elements, arrangement of parts, and mode of operation as a whole, by which it is believed that initial economy of construction of the apparatus itself results, together with greater convenience in moving and placing the molds, and a considerable saving in time and labor in completing a given piece of work.

Of the accom anying drawings, throughout which like. etters are used to designate like parts, Figure 1 represents a cross-section of a ollow wall and an end view of the membered frame constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a hollow wall in the course of construction with my invention applied.

Considering t e'drawings, the letters A mark sills or joists arranged upon opposite sides of a wall B, which may be constructed with the middle ortion occupied by suitable of one in or or that the members may be of the wall.

bolted together and form practically a single continuous vertical iece. By thus combining successive lengt s of the same T-shaped cross-section I am able to erect a frame having uprights of any height.

At the bottom in the usual manner one or more tie-wires E are passed about the uprights D, the ends of each wire being twisted together, as shown. As the plastic material of the wall hardens and the wall is completed the wires E are clipped closely'to front and rear faces of the wall and remain embedded in the wall. The lower ends of the uprights being placed at a certain desired distance apart, they are prevented by the tie-wires from separating further as the material'is packed 1n.

To hold the uprights at the required distance one from the other as the wall grows, this invention includes the adjustable turnbuckles F, having the double hook ends f. It will be noted that the double hook ends f are adapted to engage the flanges of the T- iron uprights D, and it is believed to be clear from an lnspection of Fig. 1 that the turnbuckles may be adjusted to prevent the separation of the upri hts beyond a certain distance. It is thought to be equally discernible from the drawings by any one acquainted with the subject that after the material at any given height has set and the separating pressure thus relieved the turnbuckles may e loosened, slipped upwardly, and again clamped to perform their office anew.

It 1s my practice to connect the tops of the uprights D upon one side or both by means 0 the U-shaped or flanged iron G. Bolts 9 secure the iron G to the uprights, and each member of the uprights has a suitable bolthole near its endfor the passage of the bolt, Over the top flange of the horizontal iron G,

as illustrated in Fig. l, thereis laced the hook H, and depending from it is t 1e hoist J. The purpose of the hoist is to elevate and place the'various parts directly related to the mold and which will now be described.

At the rear is placed the backing K, formed of planking usually, and to this planking may be secured a suitable moldboard L, ada ted to smoothly face the rear he eyes is are provided in any number and osition to engage the hookj of the hoist. T e mold that forms the front or outer face of the wall is marked M. It may be fashioned to cast the plastic material representative of rough stone or common ashler.

Mold M is secured to a backing of l'anks N, and that backing is in turn attac led to a metal lifting-plate P, pierced with orifices 1) near its upper edge' to engage the hook of the hoist. Against the lifti g-plate P is arranged the wedge-plate Q, nd this plate 1s provided with suitable eyes g, constructed to engage the hook of the hoist. It is not necessary to incline the sides of wedge-plate Q to any marked degree, as, in fact, a plate with parallel faces answers very well. The

oflice of the plate is to retain mold M in position shown in Fig. 1.

In the operation of this invention the molding elements are arranged at the bottom of the wall to be made and the plasticmaterial filled in upon each side of tiles C up to the desired height. When the material has hardened, the turnbuckles F that were previously adjusted a short distance above the molds are loosened and slipped upward and reclamped. Next by' means of the hoist J the wed e-plate Q is drawn out upwardly and all t e molding elements hoisted one after the other into a new and higher positionsuch, for example, as that indicated for wedge-plate Q by broken lines in Fig. 1.

It will be understood that the tie-wires E pass directly through the wall, but between united longitudinally thereby arranging the flanges of said members correspondingly and practically continuously, of turnbuckles having double hook ends constructed to engage the flanges of said uprights, an angle-iron arranged horizontally and secured to the upper ends of the topmost members of said uprights, a wall-mold, and a hoisting device adapted to raise the mold, substantially as described.

2. In a retaining and supporting frame for c wall-molds, the combination with uprights comprising separable members having a T- shaped cross-section and adapted to be united longitudinally thereby arranging the flanges of said members correspondingly and practically continuously, of turnbuckles having double hook ends constructed to engage the flanges of said uprights, an angle-iron arranged horizontally and secured to the upper ends of the topmost members of said u rights, a hoisting device, and a wall-mo d comprising separable portions and-each portion having devices adapted to engage the hoist whereby each portion may be-individually raised, substantially as described.

3. In a retaining and supportin frame for wall-molds, the combinatlon wit uprights comprising separable members having a T- shaped cross-section and adapted to be united longitudinally thereby arranging the flanges ofsaid members correspondingly and practically continuously, of turnbuckles having double hook ends constructed to engage the flanges of said uprights, an angle-iron arranged horizontally and secured to the upper ends of the topmost members of said uprights, a hoisting device supported by said angle-iron and horizontally movable thereon, and a wall-mold adapted to be raised by the said hoist, substantially as described.

4. Ina retaining and supportin frame for wall-molds, the combination wit uprights comprising separable members having. a T- shaped cross-section and adapted to be united longitudinally thereby arranging the flanges of said members correspondingly and practically continuously, of turnbuckles having double hook ends constructed to engage the flanges of said uprights, an angle-iron arranged horizontally and secured to the upper ends of the topmost members. of said u rights, a hoisting device, and a wall mo d comprising separable portions, one of said portions being a wedge-plate arranged against the uprights upon one side of the mold and adapted to be raised by the hoist, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

REED DEEDS.

Witnesses: 4

EMILY FELMLY, H. F. CASTLE. 

